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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />August 26, 2004 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 4 August 26, 2004 <br />• USA SARS-CoV Cases: One Year Follow-up Study (CDC) <br /> <br />Tim Carey reported that the Orange County Health Department has been approached to <br />participate in two research studies. Both have been reviewed by the PHEADS Committee and <br />recommended for approval to the Health Director, who has subsequently approved participation <br />in the studies. <br /> <br />E. Set Date for Employee Recognition Breakfast <br /> <br />This will be the fourth year the Board has sponsored an Employee Recognition Breakfast for <br />health department employees nominated for this recognition. The breakfast is held annually in <br />the fall. <br /> <br />The Board agreed to hold this breakfast on October 14 at the Southern Human Services Center. <br /> <br />VII. Board Comments/Announcements <br /> <br />Alan Rimer suggested a change in procedure to address pending agenda items. This would include <br />as part of the agenda, a separate sheet listing pending matters for future agendas and recurring <br />agenda items. It would give board members a sense of where things are heading in the future and <br />what recurs as well as a reminder of board requests on various issues. <br /> <br />Alan Rimer also requested the department study initiating a protocol for disposal of controlled <br />medications and suggested coordination of efforts among the department, pharmaceutical <br />companies, independent pharmacists, and county waste management. At this time there is no <br />program in Orange County to address the issue of proper disposal of pharmaceuticals. Pharmacy <br />retail management, while not willing to accept returned unused prescriptive medicine, has <br />expressed willingness to include educational information about the correct disposal of medications <br />with each prescription they fill and acknowledged a need for this protocol. Board members agreed <br />with the need to establish a protocol and felt this was long overdue. Mr. Rimer volunteered to work <br />on a “white paper” regarding this effort. <br /> <br />VIII. Adjournment <br /> <br />Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Jessica Lee, seconded by Kate Wilder, and carried <br />without dissent. <br /> <br />The next Board of Health meeting will be held on September 23, 2004 at the Government Services <br />Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina at 7:00 PM. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Rosemary L. Summers, MPH, DrPH